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People who have long COVID and experience anxiety and depression following a mild infection may have brain changes that affect its structure and function.
The trial in Kenya involved 449 women who were taking daily oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and randomized them to receive doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis or standard of care.
The Bacterial Vaccines Network receives $1.2 million from UK-based charitable organization Wellcome to accelerate the development of bacterial vaccines.
A meta-analysis shows that protection from previous infection against symptomatic disease was high for the wild-type, Alpha, Beta, and Delta variants but much lower for Omicron BA.1.
COVID-19 vaccination is linked to fewer heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular issues among previously infected adults, suggests a US study.
Cases include 10 lab-confirmed infections and 1 probable case involving a man who died before samples could be collected.
Valneva submitted promising data from a phase 3 trial, final lot-to-lot consistency results, and positive 1-year persistence data.
Antibiotic receipt for COVID-19–related outpatient visits ranged from 4% in children 5 and under to 16% in adults ages 45 to 65.
After a moderate rise over the winter holidays, US COVID indicators are showing downward trends.
Also, the single available medical code for long COVID may not capture the wide variation in symptoms and severity.
Moderna vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic Omicron was 60% 2 weeks to 2 months after the second dose and 36% from 3 to 4 months after the second dose.
The percentage of outpatient visits for flulike illness remained just above the national baseline.
There have been 221 confirmed Shigella sonnei infections and 37 possible cases from the EU, UK, and US.
At least 11 people have been sickened and 10 hospitalized in the multistate outbreak going back several years.
Long COVID was tied to a 16% reduced odds of working full time (25% for those with cognitive impairment) and a 23% higher probability of unemployment.
Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Uruguay reported their first highly pathogenic H5N1 detections in different wild bird species.
Adults hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infections in Switzerland died at 1.5 times the rate of those diagnosed as having influenza A or B.
The company will offer no-cost access to vaccines after the government phases out covering them when the Public Health Emergency winds down in May.
After adjustment for risk factors, adherence to clinical guidelines was identified as a major protective factor.
A meta-analysis finds that antibiotics may be associated with more than a quarter of cases of rare, serious drug reactions that affect the skin and mucous membranes.
